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Other malignant neoplasms associated with carcinoma of the thyroid: Thyroid carcinoma multiplex
Author(s) -
Wyse Eduardo P.,
Hill C. Stratton,
Ibanez Michael L.,
Clark R. Lee
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196910)24:4<701::aid-cncr2820240407>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroid , cancer , incidence (geometry) , thyroid carcinoma , carcinoma , population , oncology , physics , environmental health , optics
All patients with thyroid carcinoma seen at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston between March 1944 and June 1968 were studied to determine the incidence of a second malignant tumor either before or after the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Additionally, those patients having thyroid cancer as the initial cancer were studied to determine their risk of developing a second malignant tumor. Analysis of the latter was by the patient‐year method. Results showed that thyroid cancer patients have an increased number of second primary malignant tumors, and that they have a higher risk of developing a second primary after the diagnosis of thyroid cancer than the general population of the state of Connecticut. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.